Holder for graphophone-records.



C. W. ALMON.

HOLDER FOR GRAPHOPHONE RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, 1910.

993,333. Patented May 23,1911

2 BHEETSSHEET 1.

WITNESSES: 4

ATTORNEYS CHARLES W. ALMON, 01E YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

HOLDER FOR GRAPI-IOPHONE-RECORDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, MPH.

Application filed February 23, 1910. Serial No. 545,278.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. ALMoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented an Improved Holder for Graphophone-Records, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved holder or cabinet for disks or plates upon which graphophone records are made, and it is also adapted for holding music-sheets and various other articles.

The details of construction, arrangement,

and combination of parts embodying my invention are as hereinafter described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are vertical sections taken at right angles to each other. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section showing a bottom plan view of the holder or cabinet proper. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one angle of the lower portion of the holder or cabinet proper, parts being broken away to better illustrate details of construction. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section of the holder or cabinet proper, the same being taken in a plane extending between two adjacent partitions. Fig. 7 is a sectional view illustrating the arrangement of partitions and the openings of pockets at different sides of the cabinet. Fig. 8 is a vertical section of the lower portion of the cabinet.

In Figs. 1 to 4, A indicates an outer casing or stand for the cabinet or record-holder proper, B, which is arranged vertically within it and provided with central end pivots 1 and 2, which are j ournaled in the bottom of the casing and in a transverse top bar, as shown. The lower pivot 1 is an attachment of a four-arm spider, or frame, 3see Figs.

4 and 8which is attached to the solid bottom A of the cabinet. This spider is preferably constructed of steel bars so that it combines maximum strength, rigidity, and lightness.- The casing or stand A is provided with legs and is open at one side to allow convenient access to whichever side of the holder proper B may be desiredsee especially Fig. 3.

For the purpose of locking the cabinet or record holder B with one of its sides parallel to the open front of the casing A, I provide the following means. A notched plate 5- see Fig. 3-is fixed on the upper pivot 2 and is engaged by a lever 6 having a point adapted to enter the notches of said plate and pivoted to a fixed bar 7 A spring 8 is attached to the free end of the lever and to the casing A, and serves to hold the lever point elas tically engaged with the notched plate 5, as shown. The notches of the latter are four in number and arranged each opposite one of the sides of the holder, or cabinet, A. The relative construction of the lever point and the notches is such that, upon applying slight pressure to an angle of the cabinet B, the point will ride out of the notch it engages, and thus the cabinet may be moved to bring another side opposite the opening of the casing A, when it will be locked asbefore. This operation is apparent from the drawing.

The construction of the body of the record-holder or cabinet is as follows. The superstructure is built upon the solid wooden base 1, indicated in Fig. 8. The numerals 9 to 17, in said figure, indicate horizontal partitions which are spaced apart vertically and so arranged that each one constitutes the bottom of one pocket and the top of another; thus, in Fig. 8, the partition 9 is virtually the base and forms the bottom of a pocket a, while the partition 10, which forms the top of pocket a, constitutes the bottom of the next pocket 1). Similarly, the bottom 11 of pocket 0 constitutes the top of pocket 6, and the bottom of pocket d is the top of pocket 0. Thus, all the partitions, save the bottom one, serve as tops and bottoms for the several pockets, and the latter open successively on the four sides of the cabinet or holder. In other words, as illustrated in Fig. 8, every fourth pocket will open say on the right-hand side of the cabinet, and the three pockets intervening will open on the other three sides. The partitions are formed preferably of sheet metal, but any suitable material may be employed. For the purpose of separating and supporting them at the corners and sides of the cabinet, I employ a series of strips 18 which are rectangular in cross section, the partitions and strips being secured together by adhesive material or by rods passed down through the same at the corners of the cabinet. Facing strips 19 are applied at the corners of the cabinet, as shown in the several figures; see especially Fig. 6.

Every pocket is provided with an indicator consisting of a strip 20 upon which a name may be inscribed, the same being adapted to slide in a flanged holder 21 constructed of sheet metal. One of these is arranged directly, below the bottom pocket, another directly below the next pocket, and so on to the top of the cabinet; and one of the two strips 19 arranged at the corners of the cabinet is provided with a series of slots 22, see Fig. 5, which permit the introduction and removal of the inscribed strips. The inscription of the strips will indicate the name of the subject of each graphophone disk or record, or its number, or both, as convenience may dictate.

What I claim is The combination with the casing having one of its sides open, of a rotatable cabinet pivoted therein, a notched plate attached to its upper end, a lever pivoted to a fixed portion of the casing and having a point adapted to engage notches of the plate, and a spring connected with the free end of the lever, whereby its point is held in yielding engagement with the plate, substantially as described.

CHARLES W. ALMON.

Witnesses 2 CHARLES W. QUis'r, EMIL J. ANDERSON. 

